The Reel World

Catlin Dorset

By Michael Benninger

A Walk in the WoodsWhen you push yourself to the edge, the real fun begins.Drama | ComedyStarring: Robert Redford,
Nick Nolte
, Emma Thompson

In Theatres: September 2

An expatriate author commemorates his return to the U.S. with a 2,200-mile hike along the
Appalachian Trail
, and the only one who'll join him is a bygone buddy who turns out to be tagging along for a reason far different from the one he represents.

In this sexy reboot of the 2000s franchise, a dangerous squad of femme fatales kidnaps a mercenary's father, forcing the fearless and fast-driving son to help them take down a ring of wretched rogues from the Russian Federation.

When a single mom unloads her son and daughter at their grandparents' farm for a week, the kids soon find out that their forebears are pretty f***ed up - and that the depraved oldsters are not only oddballs, but also charting the children's demise.

Black MassThe unholy alliance between the FBI and
Whitey Bulger
, one of the most notorious gangsters in U.S. history.Crime | DramaStarring: Johnny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson

In Theatres: September 18

In this fact-based film, a brutal Bostonian gangster become the Irish mob's godfather before teaming with the FBI to eradicate the Italian mafia encroaching on his territory.

Inspired by actual events, this uplifting drama tells the tale of an alleged murderer who takes a drug-addled, down-on-herluck mother captive, ultimately releasing the woman after she uses a pastor's book to persuade him to turn his life around.